Andy Hallman

Optimae Recovery & Resource Center in Fairfield offers free meals, activities and programming five days a week.

The Pekin High School musical might be three months away, but its drama department is already fundraising for the undertaking.

The Fairfield Community School District is taking steps to address its declining enrollment, especially the number of students it’s losing to open enrollment.

Club member Caroline Van Pelt won election to become Iowa FBLA President, marking the first time a Fairfield student has achieved this honor in the group’s history.

A Fairfield teenager who was reported missing early Sunday morning was found later that day in North Carolina, and has been reunited with her family.

A resident has expressed his displeasure with the recent chip and seal paving through Pleasant Plain, and the Jefferson County Supervisors agreed to personally inspect the complaint he raised.

Ten-year-old Edmund Adkins of Fairfield won the grand prize of the library’s Summer Reading Challenge, a new bicycle courtesy of the local Masonic Lodge and Walmart.

A Henry County woman who worked as a surgeon at Jefferson County Health Center is suing the hospital, alleging that she was paid less than a male colleague because of gender discrimination.

Work has yet to begin on the golf cart bridge at Walton Lake, despite the Fairfield City Council awarding a contract to replace the bridge four months ago.

Brian Horsfield was the only resident of Fairfield’s Ward 3 to file paperwork to appear on the ballot, and even though he might not have any competition, Horsfield said he wants to work hard for every vote.

Children at Word of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfield performed an act of kindness during their Vacation Bible School by packing birthday bags for The Lord’s Cupboard.

The Main Street Fairfield Steering Committee hosted a ceremony in Central Park Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the town’s recent achievement of becoming the 54th Main Street Iowa Community.

The transportation program serving Southeast Iowa known as 10-15 Transit has launched a new nonprofit to support local veterans.

Mindy Smith and her daughter Shy Haumersen have moved their business Smith’s Helping Hands to downtown Fairfield.

The Fairfield Jazz Band will be making a number of public appearances in the next month, including a performance at the Iowa State Fair.